Dark Parables: Queen of Sands - A Mystery Hidden Object Game 9+

I enjoyed this game. Everything worked exactly as it should. Storyline followed on well. Graphics lovely. Not a fan of the HOP puzzles featured, would rather have the straight seek and find instead of the construction type, so many bits did not show up well on the dark grid so ended up just tapping the whole screen to get them done, became boring. Puzzles were good, managed most of them. Especially like the opportunity to play them again in the extras section. Recommend this one.

This Dark Parables was my first one and unfortunately it did not convince me. Here are the reasons why:

- The cinematics are awful. Very blurry and dated. (I play on iPhone)
- Too many items to collect, that you will have to keep in your inventory forever without knowing when to use them.
- Not sure what to do next most of the time so had to use the hint a lot.
- Certain games or interactions are not made for iPhone as the screen is too small and you have to be quite precise.
- Some mini-games are way too hard and the instructions are terrible. Had not idea what I had to do so I had to skip a few times.
- Too many mini-games which slows the game down and the storyline in general. Storyline that I didn't enjoy...
- Too much reading (scrolls, books, letters...)
- Hints not available in all the mini games so have to skip... shame.
- Music too repetitive
- Didn't enjoy the hidden objects scenes (they were all the same, you have to rebuild objects...perfume bottles etc..)

The only thing I liked really was the vibrant colors. Glad I didn't pay full price. Paid AUD4,99 instead of 10,99.

Not sure I will buy another Dark Parables game.

Nice storyline and great bonus. Good mix of puzzles. My only gripe is that I don’t like the style of hops used. Very difficult to see some of the objects.